Neill Blomkamp Was Secretly Working On An ‘Alien’ Film With Sigourney Weaver

For fans of science fiction themed horror, I hate to get your hopes up and than crush them but it looks as if Neill Blomkamp (‘Chappie‘,’Elysium‘) had an idea to continue the ‘Alien‘ franchise starring Sigourney Weaver! Sadly, his idea isn’t one that has been officially pitched to 20th Century Fox but he did share it with his Twitter followers.

The famed director of ‘District 9‘ has clearly been working non-stop in the world of science fiction since the success of his first mainstream movie, though his first follow up didn’t quite live up to the critical acclaim and while ‘Chappie’ looks pretty fun, the marketing on it has been lackluster to say the least.

Could a continuation to the ‘Alien’ franchise be what he needs to get his name back in the spotlight? Well, if you look at the concept art that he shared it looks like at the very least it would get the masses to favorably see one of his films again. While the movie hasn’t officially been shared with the studio, it sounds like he did make this with the star of his upcoming film ‘Chappie’ in mind as Sigourney Weaver who stars in it is front and center in this artwork. Oh, and the artwork looks spectacular!

First up we have a shot of Weaver in a new space suit that looks quite Alien inspired.

A photo posted by Brownsnout (@neillblomkamp) on Jan 1, 2015 at 6:06pm PST

Now this is clearly a suit that only the Weyland Corporation would come up with and if they are going to be back, Blomkamp gave us a view of what one of their facilities would look like in his film which honestly looks quite amazing!

How will Ripley be getting through space though? Could the Weyland Corporation have found or re-created another ship, say one that was previously seen in ‘Prometheus‘? Could this be how they further tie the shared universe together?

A photo posted by Brownsnout (@neillblomkamp) on Jan 1, 2015 at 5:30pm PST

So while this all does look good, he did say that 20th Century Fox “didn’t really even know I was working on it” which means this isn’t a project that is at any stage at the studio and more of a hobby for the director. Clearly he has a vision of where the franchise could go and if Fox doesn’t have anything planned aside from ‘Prometheus 2,’ it is a vision they may just want to listen to.

What are your thoughts on the ‘Alien’ concept art here? Do you think he’s got some potentially great ideas for a film here? Share your thoughts below!

Stuart Conover

Stuart Conover is a father, husband, blogger, published author, geek, entrepreneur, editor of Horror Tree, horror fanatic, science fiction junkie, lives in a world of comics, and a casual gamer (all of this when his wife lets him of course.) He fell in love with science fiction and horror at the same time while watching the movie Alien at probably far too young of an age while still being extremely impressionable and has been happily obsessed with both since! Around the same time, he had also developed an unhealthy addiction to comic books that continues to this day!Want to talk about anything geeky? Reach out on Twitter - @StuartConover